KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND

Registered charity 271943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CUMBRIA'S MILITARY MUSEUM, CUMBRIA'S MUSEUM OF MILITARY LIFE, KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM

The Museum exists to collect, document, preserve and interpret the material evidence and associated information relating to the Regiment's History from 1702 to the present day, for public benefit to the best standards for the education and enjoyment of the inhabitants of Cumbria, North Lancashire, present and former members of the Regiment and their families and visitors present and future

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Latest income
£218k
Latest spending
£184k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £324,286, an increase from the previous year's £295,273, while total funds reached £339,949. The charity reported a net income of £33,602 against total expenditure of £184,118, supported by diversified income from donations, grants, and charitable activities. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operating with no material uncertainty identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£218k£184k
29/02/2024£204k£168k
28/02/2023£145k£149k
28/02/2022£243k£129k
28/02/2021£129k£92k

Common questions

Is KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £324,286, an increase from the previous year's £295,273, while total funds reached £339,949. The charity reported a net income of £33,602 against total expenditure of £184,118, supported by diversified income from donations, grants, and charitable activities. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operating with no material uncertainty identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMSFY2022£1kThe museum is seeking funding to pay for an audit that looks at the entire collection. The team have clear goals to use the audit outcomes to inform a revision
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMSFY2022£300AIM conference expenses

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/10/2025£245k"Down To Brass Tacks"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/07/2021£99k"Resilient Alma"
UK government01/04/2018£20kALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/01/2018£50k"Lest We Forget - Remembrance 2018"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/04/2017£10k"British Soldiers' views of the Indian subcontinent-1820-1947"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/02/2016£10k"Somme100 Centenary Project - 1916 to 2016"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/06/2010£1.5m"Cumbria's Military Museum Development and Relocation Project"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND£218k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM FY2024£825k—0above—no doubt
THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT MUSEUM TRUST FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£2.5m£90,000 - £99,9991below—no doubt
THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£19.9m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.